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Tyler states that artists like Kayne have 'opened the door' for more artists like Tyler to carve their path into the music industry, Tyler states that he wouldn't be where he is today if it wasn't for artists like Kayne. (Shutler, 2021)
Tyler also has called Kayne and Pharrel Williams "Gods" and "Dads" to him and his music career after posting a photo of Kayne and Pharrel together.
(Hillyard, 2015)

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Tyler Specifically Thanks Missy Elliott after receiving the Cultural Influence Award at the 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards for "opening the doors" for Tyler and that he wouldn't be receiving the award without her influence on him. He also highly encourages his younger audience to study her albums, and he respects many songs such as 'pass that dutch beat' and 'Hot Boyz' for their beats and filmography.
(Griffin, 2022)

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Tyler recognised Pharrel Williams as one of his biggest lifetime influences into getting into and being serious about a career in music. Pharrel explains that, he asks Tyler as to why he wants to make music, what is his purpose? this then changes Tylers process around making music that he finds meaningful and purpose orientated. this revelation makes Tyler switch up his music which made Tyler blow up in popularity
(Blistein, 2023)

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Prolific owes many aspects of not only his career but also his attitude and feelings towards life and being real. Prolifics style of music heavily resembles that of Lil peeps and talking about relationships and sadder topics
(Grooverelly, 2022)

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MF Doom was prolifics inspiration into the type of song he would write, rather than being upbeat, prolific would rather rap about his life and the sad and depressing parts of being human. Prolific also gives homage to MF DOOM saying that Doom is a reason he doesn't show his face.
(Grooverelly, 2022)

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K.A.A.N was prolific biggest inspiration into starting to rap at such a young age, He also was the biggest inspiration into prolific main genre of music, hearing K.A.A.N rap changed prolifics view and he wanted to rap just like K.A.A.N
(Grooverelly, 2022)

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XXX Tentation on multiple occasions shows his appreciation for Eminem, singing the main verse for Eminem's hit 'Stan' and also standing behind Eminem in his newer music that many fans didn't like, stating that Eminem doesn't have to rap about evil topics because he's past that point in his life
(Langhorne, 2017)

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XXX Tentation owes his writing style to Papa roach and the rock band community, stating that rappers always rap about meaningless topics but the rock band community is writing about heartbreak and drug addiction, topics that really resonated with XXX Tentation. He states that Papa Roach was the reason he noticed that music can be used to express much more deep and meaningful topics than many others in the rap scene and it was rock bands that proved it.
(The Mars Files, 2016)

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XXX Tentation labels Kurt cobain as his only 'inspiration' and major respect over the musician due to his passing away with 'mystique' continuing by saying "anyone that can die with their mystique completed what they started" this inspires XXX tentation because Kurt cobain was able to die as a character and no one got to see the human side of him which x says is the best look for an artist to be.
(The Mars Files, 2016)